Curtain testing frame



Aug. 14, 192s.

W. H. JURY CURTAIN TESTING FRAME Original Filed March 16, 1927 INVENTOR. w/Qzxefzag,

AT NE Y to be hung.

Patented Aug. 14, 1928.

UNITED STATE H. JURY, F SAUSALITO, CALIFORNIA.

oUn'rAIN-TESTING FRAME.

applicatien ala `Maren 16,1927, serieu 110.175,'754.1 Renewed raiium-yY 11,19`2s.

y This invention relates to a curtain testing frame, and its obJect is to provide vmeans whereby the manufacturers of curtains may test them as to their squareness, and as to the proper hanging of vthe curtain, as well as thev length of the curtain before sending them outto the job.

It willbe understood by those lskilled in the artthat vthe measurements for curtains` may be taken in any place and areusually sent to some manufacturing house distant from the place to which the curtains to be installed, for the curtainis made up and it must then `be sent to the place whereit .is

it is very likely that they lwill be found vrto be out of true, `or thatthey do not hang properly unless some,Y change has beenmade in them. y

This frame is intended to provide means whereby curtains of different sizes and lengths may be hung up and examined to see that they are properly sewed, hemmedl and provided with the desired fixture which is to be used on the curtains as installed in the building.

It will also be understood by those skilled in the art, that while several sizes of frames may be used that commonly the frames will be about six feet wide and about twelve or fourteen feet high to accommodate all sorts of curtains and hangings, both for windows and for door-ways or other house openings.

Other objects of the invention will be apparent as the description proceeds.

An embodiment of the inventionis shown in the accompanying drawings in which the same reference numeral is applied to the same portion throughout the several figures v of the drawings and of which there may be modifications. y

Figure 1 is a front elevation vof, the complete curtain testing frame, and

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the complete curtain testing frame, a portion of the frame being cut away for purposes of illustration;

The numeral lfindicates a suitable base which has two grooved posts 2 and 3 secured thereto yand extending upwardly therefrom. Atthe top of the posts 2 and 3 there is a cross bar 4 which serves'to hold the frame together and secured to the cross-bar 4' are two other hollow posts 5V and 6 which serve to provide channels for the weights 9 and 10 which balance the curtain holding bar 11.

The curtain hnlding bar'll has itsA ends If suchfcurtains are/not tested slidable in the grooves of the posts 2 and 3, and it is supported by a sprocket chain 13 at one end, and 14 at the other end, the weights 9 and 10 serving to balance the crossbar 11 and its curtain holdingbar 15.Vv

The two sprocket chains 13 and 14 pass over sprocket wheels 16 and 17 which are secured to a transverse shaft 18 properly journaled in the top of the posts 2 and 3, and which shaft also carriesa grooved pulley y19 over which an endless rope 20 passes.

VThe rope 2O also passes' under a 'grooved pulley 21 at the bottom of the post 3, the object of said pulley being to provide means whereby the rope may 'be operated to raise or lower the cross bar 11. A handle when the workman may be hanging a curtain thereon.

At the bottom of the frame there is a sill 30. which is raised and lowered at will,

y22' is pivctally mounted in a bracket 2 3 on i and which is held in any given position by means of removable pins 31, 32, which may be inserted in certain holes in the posts 2 and 3 to hold the sill steady at any desired elevation, said sill being used for the purpose of making the upper cross-bar movable into a more'convenient position for all ordinary work. y

, Connected with the underside of the upper cross-bar 11 is a tape 33, which passes around a small pulley 34 carried by the lower crossbar 30, and which pulley also permits the back end of the tape shown at 35 to pass over' another small pulley 36, and keep the tape tight by means of a-small weight 37 inside the same housing that vthe weight 9 slides in.

The operation of the apparatus is as folf lows :V Assuming a workman to have a series of curtains to test, he will operate therope 20 until he brings the cross-bar 11 to the desired elevation above the cross-barr30, he will then hang the curtain by means of suitable hooks, such as-are expected to be used in actual practice in the given job, onthe cross-bar 15. this will vtell him at once whether the curtain hangs Vsquare with respectto the cross-bar 30 which presumably is at the same distance from the cross-bar 11 as the desired window or opening in which the curtain isV to be hung, at the same time Vhe tightens the cam 34 against the rope 2O l to prevent it from slipping, or from permitting the cross bai' 1l to slip. If the spaee betwen the bar ll and the bar 30 is not suflicient he may lower the bar '30hy removing the pins 31, 32 and allowing the bar 30 to fall down upon the cross bar l; but ordinarily the har 30 is raised to la. more convenient height something* as shown in the drawing. y K

Having thus described my invention what I desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States .is as lollows,fbut modifications maybemadeinthe invention as shown in thek drawings and in the above particularly described form thereof:

l. A curtain testingr frame ooml'irising a rectangular frame. across-bartl carried at the lower portion oi saidl frame, means whereby said cross-bar may be adjusted `to various positions above the'bottoin of the frame, `a pulley carried thereby, an upper bar slidable in said frame, means to raise and lower said bar to any desired position, a tape Connected to the upper bar and passing under the pulley Carried by tlie lower bar `whereby the position of the upper bar with respect to the lower t bar maybe immediately determined, andimeans kto hold the upper-bar in a desired position. v

2. In an apparatus of the character described comprising a rectangular frame, a pair of vertically movable bars supported therein, means to raise and lower the upper bar at will, mea-ns vto hold the upper bar in any given position, means carried by the 'upper baratoY support a curtain or drapery, a

An' apparatus oi the class described comprising a rectangularframe, a pair of horizontal bars movable vertically therein, meansl to balance the weight of the upper bar to hold it in a substantially horizontal position in all adjustn'ients1 means to raise and lower the upper bar.; means on the upper bar to secure a curtain or drapery thereto, a tape carrying measurements thereon connected tothe upper lbar and Apassing,p under a pulley carried by the lower har, a weight for taking up the slack on said tape whereby the vertical distance kbetayeen both of said bars maybe instantly. determined.

ln testimony whereofl'have hereunto set my lhand this 5th day of March, A. D. 1927.

WALTER H. JURY. 

